Flanked by the leading privacy hawks in Congress, Federal Trade Commission chairman Jon Leibowitz Wednesday unveiled tighter rules to strengthen kids online and mobile privacy. The new rules amend the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (Coppa), a 14-year-old law that requires child-directed websites to obtain parental permission before collecting personal information from children under 13 [...]
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Online Advertising Remains Red Hot
Internet ad spend grew 18 percent year-over-year to nearly $9.3 billion during the third quarter, per the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s U.S.-based numbers announced today. The sum figure represents a 6 percent lift compared to Q2 2012 when online sales hit $8.7 billion, according to the IAB’s research, which was conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers. “This uptick goes [...]
IAB: US Interactive Ad Revenues Hit $9.3 Billion, A Record High, In Q3
Internet Advertising revenues in the US continue their upward trajectory, climbing to a record quarterly high of $9.3 billion in the July to September period, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) found in its latest report. That’s 18% higher than the same period in 2011 and a 6% increase… Please visit Marketing Land for the full [...]
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Big Questions Hang Over Yahoo at CES
CES isn’t just a critical time for TV manufacturers, tablet companies and electronic roller skate inventors to lay out their wares for the year. It’s also turning out to be a vital time for the future of Yahoo. Indeed, Marissa Mayer has spent much of her early tenure as Yahoo CEO trying to reestablish Yahoo’s credibility [...]
Soon You’ll Be Able To Keep Your Tweets With ‘Request Your Archive’ Feature
Gone will be the days of scrolling through pages and pages of your Tweets or Twitter’s clunky search to find something you once posted. Twitter is in the process of rolling out a “Download all your Tweets” feature according to TheNextWeb. Tweets will come in the form of an HTML,… Please visit Marketing Land for [...]



